Railway-tie.



' W. A. LOGKARD.

RAILWAY TLS. APPLIOATIOF FILED FEB. 20, 1908.

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WILLIAM A. LOCKVltD, OI" PHILADELPHIA. PENNSYLVANIA.

RAILWAY-TIE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patentasepe. 22, 190s.

Application led February 20, 1908. Serial No. 4l6,923.

To all 'whom it may concern:

Be it known that l, Il' iLLL-tu A. Lociiaim,

a citizen of the United States, residing at t rails so that the latter will be permitted t0 give, as may be required during the passage Philadelphia, in the coiuity of Philadelphia i and State of Pennsylvania, have invented Rail Yay-Ties land I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, suchV as will enable otheis skilled in the art to'which it appert-ains to make and use the same. A

This .invention relates to new and useful improvements in railway ties, and has for its object to provide a simple and improvedtorm of tie of steel or other suitable metal, the tie possessing such structural features as will render it serviceable to the highest degree as a tie, and hold and maintain the rails inproper and lil-in position, and at the same 204 of use.

time to make the tie durable and economical In the accompanying drawings-Figlire 1 thereover ot' the train. Said blocks are )referably secured in position by fasteningv olts Unirian srarns PATENT onirica. A

f 8, arranged to extend through corresponding ,Y certain newand useful Improvements ni? is a side elevation pai'th in longitudinal secg tion illustrating the. application ofthe invention; Fig. 2 is a top plan view; Fig. 3 is a r similar view of the same, the track fastening means removed; Fig. 4 is a. cross sectional view-taken on line 4 4 of Fig. 1.

Referring to the drawings which are for illustrative purposes only, and therefore are not drawn to any particular scale, it will be seen that a. device constructed in accordance with the invention comprises a hollow tie l,

of steel or' other suitable material, comprising a fiat top and side walls 2 and 3, respectively, said tie being formed near each end and in its top wall with a suitable socket, the end walls 4 ol' which are formed to converge inlike formation.

` In carrying out the invention, suitable supporting blocks' are fitted in the sockets of the'tie, and are arranged to have their tops lie in a plane above that of the top inemaccumulate or drain into the sockets will be.y

discharged.

By making the bottom walls of the sockets of wedge-like formation, as shown, it will be evident that the water will be led directly to. the discharge ports 1l, and for this reason-A tlie sockets drain oil' the water wit-h greater facility than would I)therwise be possible.

The numeral l2 indicates the fastening nuts, adapted to screw on the threaded ends to the fastening bolts S to secure the latter inv position.

As shown, the track rails are secured to the supporting blocks 6 hyspikes,as is usual.

.l laving thus described my invention, what I claim isz- A railwaytic having a flat top wall and side pieces, the top wall being provided near each end 4ol" the tie with a socket having inwardly slanting end walls whichV extend between the side pieces of the tie, and a bottom wall of wedge-like formation provided with a central drain opening, the lowest points ofv the bottoni walls of ther sockets lying ina plane approximately llush with the bottoni edges of the side pieces, cushion supports arranged in said sockets, and means for holding Vthe supports in position.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set niy hand in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

IVILLIAI LOCKARD Witnesses: `v

Joux S. Frssia'i., Ilowaim WACK. 

